The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-07-21

Monday Mr.. J. W. Mitchell, special State
constable, applied to the Judge of the Belfast
police court for warrants against two motor
ious rumsecrs in this city, but was refused
the warrants. A third application was more
successful. but those against whom warrants
are issued are evidently made aware of the
fact before a search can be made, and it was SO
in this ease, and the result was what fishermen
call a ''water haul" So long rs Belfast has q
tribunal which presumes to pass upon the cOIl-
stitutionalty of the laws of the State, and re-
fuses TO obey the statutes. thereby protecting
the runiscllcr, temperance work in this CITY
and county must be Of little avail. and tic CHI
forcement of the prohibitory law impossible.
The reduction of Miss Van Lew. from Il
$1,000 clerkship to one of 500 by POSTMASTER
General Villas is another Illustration of Demo-
cratic 'rctrenchmemt and REFORM as well as
of the consideration the Administration has
shown for those who promoted the Union
cause during the rebellion. Miss Van Lew is
well known. She furnished to Gen. Grant in
formation which led to his capture of Rich
mond, and when elected President he appoint
ed her postmaster of that city. She held the
Office during his two terms and after while
was appointed to 1900 clerkship in the post
office department. Several ineffect lai attempts.
have been made to remove or reduce her.
When lIatton was at the head of the depart-
ment he was asked to reduce her on the
ground of incompetency, and it was intimate,l
10, 1,x,o Go, hat ~,
incompetent, but during the war was, nothing
but ''.lirty, sinking spy" Hatton sail lie
would examine into the facts, which he did,
When Mr.. Southerner called again, Mr.. Hat
ton said: ''Look here, if that woman is ~
incompetent as a child, she will never be re-
duccd in pay while l am here. Her services
have been of too much value to the govern
ment you fellows tried to DESTROY The man
went away swearing it. would be done If the
Democrats ever got into powes- They are in
and it has been DONE. Miss Van Lew IL about
fifty years of age, andis> the sole support of u
niece whom she is educating, which makes the
act deprivins her of $3.50 year particularly
distressing. The Washington correspondents
of the Minneapolis Tribune says:
a clerk in the department who knows Fssr
said to me yesterday IF Gen. Grant was
alive it never would have been done. While
she Is by no means the most competent c}erE
in our DIVISION. she could do everything re-
quired of her, and it was cruel to reduce ker.v
But then. as near as can, find out, it, j. the
elimination Of the old feeling against bey ON
account of the position she occupied .lsuing
the late unpleasantness. Major Howard. chief
OF her division, was cadet ut Annapolis
when the war broke out, and resigned and
went South entered the rebel service and rose
TO the rank Of major. 1t was he who yecom-
mended her reduction to the third assistant
postmaster general, himself an ex-reheI, and
me act was consummatcd. 1t Is on par with
The spirit that bowed to the desire of tie South
IN the pension vetoes, and that showed over
lnNt0usness to cater to a sckIy sentiment in
he hurried effort to return the flags.